Gm
In the back of the heart of blue earth county
Eb               Bb
Many, many years ago
F
I stood in the cold next to my mother
    Eb           Gm
And 38 men blindfold
Gm                                       Eb          Bb
As the natives took their place, singing their death song
F
The prison Chaplain called their names
    Eb                        Gm
But he got one of their names wrong


[Chorus]
     Eb
E|----| I've been
     Bb
Fi----ighting
                          F
With this notion that the world does
           Gm
A good man well
             Eb
I see it all around me
           Bb
A man does hateful things
                     F
And he still walking around, you see
                     Gm
While the good one's gone


[Verse 2]
     Gm
Some say that there was no mistake
              Eb                    Bb
Some say they wanted that man to be hung
F
For falling in love with a white woman
    Eb                    Gm
And caring for her infant son
Gm
When he was first captured, she cried;
 Eb                        Bb
"Don't take him, you don't know!"
F
If not for him, my bones will be bleach'en on the prairie
   Eb                    Bb
My children, with little crow


[Chorus]
     Eb
E|----| I've been
     Bb
Fi----ighting
                          F
With this notion that the world does
           Gm
A good man well
             Eb
I see it all around me
           Bb
A man does hateful things
                     F
And he still walking around, you see
                     Gm
While the good one's gone



[Verse 3]
Gm
As the moment came and the ropes all placed
        Eb                     Bb
And the drums they quieted the crowd
    F
The men wailed and danced on a trap door gallows
    Eb                           Gm
And yelled each other's names so loud
    Gm
And when they heard their name they yelled;
 Eb            Bb
"I'm here, I'm here!"
         F
And they yelled out their fellow men's name
                   Gm
For the heavens to hear


[Bridge]

        Eb              Bb
And the clergyman spoke on
        Eb              Bb    Gm
About Christ and how he di---ied
        F
And the axe was lifted hi---igh

[Instrumental]

Gm Eb Bb
F Eb Gm

2x


[Chorus]
     Eb
E|----| I've been
     Bb
Fi----ighting
                          F
With this notion that the world does
           Gm
A good man well
             Eb
I see it all around me
           Bb
A man does hateful things
                     F
And he still walking around, you see
                     Gm
While the good one's gone